unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
professor; teaching; instruction
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
noble (birth); royal; august; exalted; high-born; of high rank
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
calamity; disaster; accident
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to give directions; to issue instructions
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
a few seconds; several seconds
counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
shooting down (an aircraft)
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
stall; downturn; slowdown; slump
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
bodily sensation; feeling in the body; physical feeling; coenesthesia; cenesthesia; coenesthesis
minimum; at the very least
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
predation; eating prey; preying upon
resolute; determined; bold